Interleukin-15/Sandbox

(General Description) Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a 14-15kDa cytokine with similar biological functions to IL-2 (Kirman, 1998), eliciting such responses as differentiation and proliferation of lymphocytes, expression of cytolytic programs in lymphocytic killer cells, and chemoattraction of T cells (Chae, 1996). IL-15 has also been implicated in homeostatic proliferaton and deemed necessary for CD8+ T cell memory. In high enough concentrations, IL-15 has been implicated in chronic inflammatory diseases.

Structure
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3D structures of interleukin
Interleukin



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Function
(Structural insights into its function)

Evolutionarily Related Proteins
Proteins + (Links to evolutionarily related proteins) example IL-2, IL-7

Solved Structures
(Links to available structures) 2PSM 2Z3Q 2Z3R 2ERS